Duration: 59'00''
David Olusoga explores the artistic reaction to imperialism in the 19th century.
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David Olusoga explores the controversy of Manet's ''A Bar at the Folies-Bergère'' and its signalling of prostitution.
Impressionism | Civilisations
David Olusoga explores the beginnings of Impressionism and how ground-breaking the movement was at the time.
Māori art | Civilisations
David Olusoga explores Māori art and the importance of the tattoo.
Native American Indigenous Peoples | Civilisations
David Olusoga views paintings of Native American Indigenous peoples by George Catlin.
Orientalism | Civilisations
David Olusoga discusses the theory of Orientalism, as depicted in painting.
Picasso and Primitivism | Civilisations
Picasso admired Gauguin's explorations of non-European art and ''primitive art'' would be a big influence on his work.
The Industrial Revolution | Civilisations
David Olusoga the social, cultural and scientific changes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, as depicted in art.
1: First Encounters | Black and British: A Forgotten History
Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Afric...
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Henry Louis Gates Jr looks at the discoveries that point to Africa as the genetic home of all currently living humanity.
2: Sex and Sensibility | Lost World of the Raj
Raj society was based on a formal order of precedence, but behind the scenes there was a great deal of flirtation, fun, affair...
2: White Plague | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
The concept of 'plantation' is explored in this programme, referring not to crops but the settlement of British p...
3: Empires of Gold | Africa's Great Civilisations
Henry Louis Gates travels to the shores of the Sahara Desert to see the transformation of north and west Africa.
3: Pomp and Power | Lost World of the Raj
Set against the backdrop of British India from the 1920s to Independence in 1947, this third and last programme in the series tells...
3: The Mission | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
Following the religious revival that started in the late 18th century, missionaries began working in Africa and In...
4: Cities | Africa's Great Civilisations
This episode looks at the powerful, cosmopolitan cities that dotted Africa at the time when Europe was in its Middle Ages.
4: Living and Dying | History File
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5: Activists | Icons
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5: Maxim Force | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
The 'scramble for Africa' by competing European nations during the last years of Queen Victoria's reign is the com...
6: Clash of Civilisations | Africa's Great Civilisations
The final episode reviews the 19th century, when a fierce competition for resources and trade led to conflicts.
6: Freedom | Michael Wood: The Story of India
Michael Wood examines the British Raj and traces the events that led to the Partition of India in 1947.
British colony and safari culture | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
Afua Hirsch investigates the British colony in Kenya and the development of safari culture.
British creation of Kenya | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
Afua Hirsch discusses the British creation of Kenya in 1885 and subsequent colonial projects there.
Challenge of the Sixties | Panorama
Panorama reports from India, Africa, America and Russia to highlight the problems and challenges that the next ten years will bring. The ...
Classical ballet dancers in Nairobes Kibera slum | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
Afua Hircsh visits a classical ballet studio in the Kibera slum.
Episode 2 | Empire State of Mind
Sathnam Sanghera goes on a very personal journey to unearth the roots that bind his country to its colonial past. Travelling across Britain ...
Kenyatta and modern architecture | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
Afua Hirsch discusses the optimistic vision of Kenyatta through it's modern architecture.
Number 10 Guinea Street in Bristol | A House Through Time
David Olusoga begins his investigation into the history of number 10 Guinea street in Bristol.
1: The Making of Britain | Union with David Olusoga
David Olusoga tells the story of attempts to form a united Britain in the 17th and early 18th centuries, a period defined...
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Around 1700, an enslaved man who was trafficked to Boston brought with him the kno...
The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
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Kitchener and British Empire Historiography | A Timewatch Guide
David Olusoga explains how perceptions of empire have shifted throughout different generations.
First English traders in West Africa | Black and British: A Forgotten History
David Olusoga investigates the first English traders in West Africa.
The beginnings of the British slave trade | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
David Olusoga investigates the beginnings of the British slave trade in Barbados.
French troops from Sub-Saharan West Africa | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
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